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Outlook from a Cave
Outlook from a Cave
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Artist
Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
Title
Outlook from a Cave
Date
c.1751-52 (undated)
Medium
Black chalk, on buff paper
Dimensions
Metric: 143 x 144 mm
Imperial: 5 5/8 x 5 5/8 in.
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Collection
The British Museum.
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Accession Number
1881,0212.69
Wilson Online Reference
D87
Description
The mouth of a cave, partly blocked by a boulder on the left, looks out onto wide country. A man holding a staff leans nonchalantly against the rock on the right.
Provenance
Given by John Deffett Francis, February 1881
Signature/inscription
Unsigned; no inscription
Bibliography
Binyon 46(b)
Biographies
John Deffett Francis (1815-1901)
Documents
Laurence Binyon,
Catalogue of Drawings by British Artists and Artists of Foreign Origin working in Great Britain preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
